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<h1 class="title">Indirect Iterator</h1>
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<td>David Abrahams, Jeremy Siek, Thomas Witt</td></tr>
<tr><th class="docinfo-name">Contact:</th>
<td><a class="first reference" href="mailto:dave&#64;boost-consulting.com">dave&#64;boost-consulting.com</a>, <a class="reference" href="mailto:jsiek&#64;osl.iu.edu">jsiek&#64;osl.iu.edu</a>, <a class="last reference" href="mailto:witt&#64;ive.uni-hannover.de">witt&#64;ive.uni-hannover.de</a></td></tr>
<tr><th class="docinfo-name">Organization:</th>
<td><a class="first reference" href="http://www.boost-consulting.com">Boost Consulting</a>, Indiana University <a class="reference" href="http://www.osl.iu.edu">Open Systems
Lab</a>, University of Hanover <a class="last reference" href="http://www.ive.uni-hannover.de">Institute for Transport
Railway Operation and Construction</a></td></tr>
<tr><th class="docinfo-name">Date:</th>
<td>2004-11-01</td></tr>
<tr><th class="docinfo-name">Copyright:</th>
<td>Copyright David Abrahams, Jeremy Siek, and Thomas Witt 2003.</td></tr>
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<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">indirect_iterator</span></tt> adapts an iterator by applying an
<em>extra</em> dereference inside of <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">operator*()</span></tt>. For example, this
iterator adaptor makes it possible to view a container of pointers
(e.g. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">list&lt;foo*&gt;</span></tt>) as if it were a container of the pointed-to type
(e.g. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">list&lt;foo&gt;</span></tt>). <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">indirect_iterator</span></tt> depends on two
auxiliary traits, <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">pointee</span></tt> and <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">indirect_reference</span></tt>, to
provide support for underlying iterators whose <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">value_type</span></tt> is
not an iterator.</td>
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<div class="contents topic">
<p class="topic-title first"><a id="table-of-contents" name="table-of-contents">Table of Contents</a></p>
<ul class="simple">
<li><a class="reference" href="#indirect-iterator-synopsis" id="id2" name="id2"><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">indirect_iterator</span></tt> synopsis</a></li>
<li><a class="reference" href="#indirect-iterator-requirements" id="id3" name="id3"><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">indirect_iterator</span></tt> requirements</a></li>
<li><a class="reference" href="#indirect-iterator-models" id="id4" name="id4"><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">indirect_iterator</span></tt> models</a></li>
<li><a class="reference" href="#indirect-iterator-operations" id="id5" name="id5"><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">indirect_iterator</span></tt> operations</a></li>
<li><a class="reference" href="#example" id="id6" name="id6">Example</a></li>
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<h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#id2" id="indirect-iterator-synopsis" name="indirect-iterator-synopsis"><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">indirect_iterator</span></tt> synopsis</a></h1>
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template &lt;
class Iterator
, class Value = use_default
, class CategoryOrTraversal = use_default
, class Reference = use_default
, class Difference = use_default
&gt;
class indirect_iterator
{
public:
typedef /* see below */ value_type;
typedef /* see below */ reference;
typedef /* see below */ pointer;
typedef /* see below */ difference_type;
typedef /* see below */ iterator_category;
indirect_iterator();
indirect_iterator(Iterator x);
template &lt;
class Iterator2, class Value2, class Category2
, class Reference2, class Difference2
&gt;
indirect_iterator(
indirect_iterator&lt;
Iterator2, Value2, Category2, Reference2, Difference2
&gt; const&amp; y
, typename enable_if_convertible&lt;Iterator2, Iterator&gt;::type* = 0 // exposition
);
Iterator const&amp; base() const;
reference operator*() const;
indirect_iterator&amp; operator++();
indirect_iterator&amp; operator--();
private:
Iterator m_iterator; // exposition
};
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<p>The member types of <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">indirect_iterator</span></tt> are defined according to
the following pseudo-code, where <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">V</span></tt> is
<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">iterator_traits&lt;Iterator&gt;::value_type</span></tt></p>
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if (Value is use_default) then
typedef remove_const&lt;pointee&lt;V&gt;::type&gt;::type value_type;
else
typedef remove_const&lt;Value&gt;::type value_type;
if (Reference is use_default) then
if (Value is use_default) then
typedef indirect_reference&lt;V&gt;::type reference;
else
typedef Value&amp; reference;
else
typedef Reference reference;
if (Value is use_default) then
typedef pointee&lt;V&gt;::type* pointer;
else
typedef Value* pointer;
if (Difference is use_default)
typedef iterator_traits&lt;Iterator&gt;::difference_type difference_type;
else
typedef Difference difference_type;
if (CategoryOrTraversal is use_default)
typedef <em>iterator-category</em> (
iterator_traversal&lt;Iterator&gt;::type,``reference``,``value_type``
) iterator_category;
else
typedef <em>iterator-category</em> (
CategoryOrTraversal,``reference``,``value_type``
) iterator_category;
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<div class="section">
<h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#id3" id="indirect-iterator-requirements" name="indirect-iterator-requirements"><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">indirect_iterator</span></tt> requirements</a></h1>
<p>The expression <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">*v</span></tt>, where <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">v</span></tt> is an object of
<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">iterator_traits&lt;Iterator&gt;::value_type</span></tt>, shall be valid
expression and convertible to <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">reference</span></tt>. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Iterator</span></tt> shall
model the traversal concept indicated by <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">iterator_category</span></tt>.
<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Value</span></tt>, <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Reference</span></tt>, and <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Difference</span></tt> shall be chosen so
that <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">value_type</span></tt>, <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">reference</span></tt>, and <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">difference_type</span></tt> meet
the requirements indicated by <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">iterator_category</span></tt>.</p>
<p>[Note: there are further requirements on the
<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">iterator_traits&lt;Iterator&gt;::value_type</span></tt> if the <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Value</span></tt>
parameter is not <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">use_default</span></tt>, as implied by the algorithm for
deducing the default for the <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">value_type</span></tt> member.]</p>
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<div class="section">
<h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#id4" id="indirect-iterator-models" name="indirect-iterator-models"><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">indirect_iterator</span></tt> models</a></h1>
<p>In addition to the concepts indicated by <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">iterator_category</span></tt>
and by <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">iterator_traversal&lt;indirect_iterator&gt;::type</span></tt>, a
specialization of <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">indirect_iterator</span></tt> models the following
concepts, Where <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">v</span></tt> is an object of
<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">iterator_traits&lt;Iterator&gt;::value_type</span></tt>:</p>
<blockquote>
<ul class="simple">
<li>Readable Iterator if <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">reference(*v)</span></tt> is convertible to
<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">value_type</span></tt>.</li>
<li>Writable Iterator if <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">reference(*v)</span> <span class="pre">=</span> <span class="pre">t</span></tt> is a valid
expression (where <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">t</span></tt> is an object of type
<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">indirect_iterator::value_type</span></tt>)</li>
<li>Lvalue Iterator if <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">reference</span></tt> is a reference type.</li>
</ul>
</blockquote>
<p><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">indirect_iterator&lt;X,V1,C1,R1,D1&gt;</span></tt> is interoperable with
<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">indirect_iterator&lt;Y,V2,C2,R2,D2&gt;</span></tt> if and only if <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">X</span></tt> is
interoperable with <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Y</span></tt>.</p>
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<h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#id5" id="indirect-iterator-operations" name="indirect-iterator-operations"><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">indirect_iterator</span></tt> operations</a></h1>
<p>In addition to the operations required by the concepts described
above, specializations of <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">indirect_iterator</span></tt> provide the
following operations.</p>
<p><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">indirect_iterator();</span></tt></p>
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<tr class="field"><th class="field-name">Effects:</th><td class="field-body">Constructs an instance of <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">indirect_iterator</span></tt> with
a default-constructed <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">m_iterator</span></tt>.</td>
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<p><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">indirect_iterator(Iterator</span> <span class="pre">x);</span></tt></p>
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<tr class="field"><th class="field-name">Effects:</th><td class="field-body">Constructs an instance of <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">indirect_iterator</span></tt> with
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template &lt;
class Iterator2, class Value2, unsigned Access, class Traversal
, class Reference2, class Difference2
&gt;
indirect_iterator(
indirect_iterator&lt;
Iterator2, Value2, Access, Traversal, Reference2, Difference2
&gt; const&amp; y
, typename enable_if_convertible&lt;Iterator2, Iterator&gt;::type* = 0 // exposition
);
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<tr class="field"><th class="field-name">Effects:</th><td class="field-body">Constructs an instance of <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">indirect_iterator</span></tt> whose
<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">m_iterator</span></tt> subobject is constructed from <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">y.base()</span></tt>.</td>
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<p><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Iterator</span> <span class="pre">const&amp;</span> <span class="pre">base()</span> <span class="pre">const;</span></tt></p>
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<tr class="field"><th class="field-name">Returns:</th><td class="field-body"><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">m_iterator</span></tt></td>
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<p><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">reference</span> <span class="pre">operator*()</span> <span class="pre">const;</span></tt></p>
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<tr class="field"><th class="field-name">Returns:</th><td class="field-body"><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">**m_iterator</span></tt></td>
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<p><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">indirect_iterator&amp;</span> <span class="pre">operator++();</span></tt></p>
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<p><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">indirect_iterator&amp;</span> <span class="pre">operator--();</span></tt></p>
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<h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#id6" id="example" name="example">Example</a></h1>
<p>This example prints an array of characters, using
<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">indirect_iterator</span></tt> to access the array of characters through an
array of pointers. Next <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">indirect_iterator</span></tt> is used with the
<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">transform</span></tt> algorithm to copy the characters (incremented by one) to
another array. A constant indirect iterator is used for the source and
a mutable indirect iterator is used for the destination. The last part
of the example prints the original array of characters, but this time
using the <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">make_indirect_iterator</span></tt> helper function.</p>
<pre class="literal-block">
char characters[] = &quot;abcdefg&quot;;
const int N = sizeof(characters)/sizeof(char) - 1; // -1 since characters has a null char
char* pointers_to_chars[N]; // at the end.
for (int i = 0; i &lt; N; ++i)
pointers_to_chars[i] = &amp;characters[i];
// Example of using indirect_iterator
boost::indirect_iterator&lt;char**, char&gt;
indirect_first(pointers_to_chars), indirect_last(pointers_to_chars + N);
std::copy(indirect_first, indirect_last, std::ostream_iterator&lt;char&gt;(std::cout, &quot;,&quot;));
std::cout &lt;&lt; std::endl;
// Example of making mutable and constant indirect iterators
char mutable_characters[N];
char* pointers_to_mutable_chars[N];
for (int j = 0; j &lt; N; ++j)
pointers_to_mutable_chars[j] = &amp;mutable_characters[j];
boost::indirect_iterator&lt;char* const*&gt; mutable_indirect_first(pointers_to_mutable_chars),
mutable_indirect_last(pointers_to_mutable_chars + N);
boost::indirect_iterator&lt;char* const*, char const&gt; const_indirect_first(pointers_to_chars),
const_indirect_last(pointers_to_chars + N);
std::transform(const_indirect_first, const_indirect_last,
mutable_indirect_first, std::bind1st(std::plus&lt;char&gt;(), 1));
std::copy(mutable_indirect_first, mutable_indirect_last,
std::ostream_iterator&lt;char&gt;(std::cout, &quot;,&quot;));
std::cout &lt;&lt; std::endl;
// Example of using make_indirect_iterator()
std::copy(boost::make_indirect_iterator(pointers_to_chars),
boost::make_indirect_iterator(pointers_to_chars + N),
std::ostream_iterator&lt;char&gt;(std::cout, &quot;,&quot;));
std::cout &lt;&lt; std::endl;
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<p>The output is:</p>
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a,b,c,d,e,f,g,
b,c,d,e,f,g,h,
a,b,c,d,e,f,g,
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<p>The source code for this example can be found <a class="reference" href="../example/indirect_iterator_example.cpp">here</a>.</p>
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